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Golden Gamble (f, 2, Laoban–Me and Mine, by Bernardini) stamped herself as a filly to watch for trainer Ken McPeek with a 'TDN Rising Star' performance at second asking in the Churchill nightcap Saturday. The 5-2 chance found a perfect spot beneath Brian Hernandez, Jr. in an outside fourth through fractions of :23.60 and :48.17. Traveling nicely rounding the far turn, she made a flashy move to stick her head in front approaching the quarter pole, and, despite racing a bit green as they straightened, opened daylight to win by nine lengths. Heavily favored Girl Math (McKinzie) was second. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:44.17 Golden Gamble, a very solid third on debut over the same track and trip Oct. 27, becomes the first 'Rising Star' for the gone-too-soon Laoban. The winner's dam Me and Mine, a maiden of three career starts, produced a filly by City of Light in 2023 and a filly by Street Sense this year. She was bred back to Nyquist. Me and Mine brought $80,000 from Baccari Bloodstock with Golden Gamble in utero at the 2021 KEENOV sale. This is the extended female family of Grade/Group 1 winners Hold That Tiger and Editor's Note. 11th-Churchill Downs, $120,000, Msw, 11-23, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.17, ft, 9 lengths. GOLDEN GAMBLE, f, 2, by Laoban 1st Dam: Me and Mine, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Oneofacat, by Deputy Minister 3rd Dam: Beware of the Cat, by Caveat Sales history: $80,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $200,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $81,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree. O-Fern Circle Stables & Cypress Creek Equine; B-Tuscany Bloodstock (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. #7 GOLDEN GAMBLE ($7.10) romps in the finale at @ChurchillDowns. @b_hernandezjr piloted the juvenile Laoban filly to this impressive maiden victory for trainer @McPeekRacing. pic.twitter.com/vTriMRt32G — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 23, 2024 The post Second-Timer Golden Gamble Romps for McPeek in ‘Rising Star’ Performance appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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I’mintowin wins at Kembla Grange. Photo: Bradley Photos Talented New Zealand-bred gelding I’mintowin announced his return to racing in style at Kembla Grange on Saturday with a victory under 62kg. It was the first start since July for the Contributer gelding, whose rating of 82 made him a clear topweight. That made for a tough first-up assignment, but I’mintowin was well and truly up to the task. Rider Adam Hyeronimus drove I’mintowin forward to take the lead inside the first 100m of the race. He dominated proceedings from that point on, kicking hard down the straight and winning impressively by 1.5 lengths. He stopped the clock at a quick 1:21.18 for 1400m. “To call that a good effort would probably be under-rating it,” Hyeroniumus said. “The track conditions helped him big time, but they’ve still got to do it, and especially first-up with such a big weight. “He’s got good first-up form and looked so good in the yard. And then, the way he handled himself on the way to the gates, I was very confident.” I’mintowin is trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott for a Darby Racing syndicate and has now had 13 starts for three wins, five placings and $262,818 in stakes. “To win first-up under 62kg is no mean feat,” Bott said. “That was a great effort by the horse today. He’s always shown very honest form for us, and particularly first-up. “In a few of his campaigns, as we’ve got deeper into them, he’s just got a bit above himself. This time in, he’s been very relaxed and really held his composure, which has been a good sign. “He has plenty of natural brilliance. They’ve run quick time today, so it’s good, sustained speed that he’s got. We’ll try him at a mile next start and then go one run at a time from there.” Horse racing news View the full article

Savoir Faire wins at Cranbourne. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Talented stayer Savoir Faire staked his claim for next month’s Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) with a commanding victory at Cranbourne on Saturday. The Savabeel gelding began his career with nine starts in New Zealand, scoring a maiden win at Matamata and finishing third in the Group 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m), fifth in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial (1500m) and sixth in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). Savoir Faire has added another three wins to that record since relocating across the Tasman to join the Cranbourne branch of the Te Akau operation. His 20-start career has now produced four wins, eight placings and $208,666 in prize-money. The five-year-old went into Saturday’s race in promising form, with his first two starts of the preparation producing a third over 1600m at Moe and a second in last weekend’s Donald Cup (1620m). Savoir Faire relished the step back up to a middle-distance on Saturday and won with ease. Patiently ridden by Damian Lane, Savoir Faire settled in fifth in a strung-out field as a strong pace was being set out in front. Savoir Faire began to roll into contention coming up to the home turn, and he hit the front with 200m remaining. There was little doubt about the result from there as Savoir Faire kicked away to score a comfortable win by a length and three-quarters. “The race unfolded really well,” Lane said. “The speed was crazy. I was really happy with where I was. I expected the race to be a speed battle, and it was just great viewing from where I was. I was able to come into the race at the right time, and he was too good when it counted. “Hopefully he can take another step forward from here and go on to that Pakenham Cup sort of level.” The $300,000 Pakenham Cup will be run on December 21. “He was arguably probably a little bit underdone, but the plan has always been to go to the Pakenham Cup,” said Ben Gleeson, assistant trainer to Mark Walker. “He was third-up over 2000m, and I think he was two-for-two in that state and now three-for-three, so it’s just panned out perfectly. “Damian’s ride was 10 out of 10, just exceptional. That’s why you put good jockeys like him on. It was his first sit on the horse, and before the race we just said, get cover, let him suck up and travel as long as you can and he just did it all to a tee. “After he won a race well in May, Mark decided to tip him out and give him a good period off just to let his body mature, and I think that’s been massive.” Horse racing news View the full article

Refusetobeenglish wins at Cranbourne on debut in a dominant performance. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Almost exactly a year after his purchase from the NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, New Zealand-bred three-year-old Refusetobeenglish got his career off to a perfect start with a dominant debut performance at Cranbourne. The Clinton McDonald-trained gelding was sent out as a $4.20 second favourite with horse racing bookmakers and made a big impression in the hands of jockey Ben Melham. In a field of only six, Refusetobeeenglish took up a handy position in fourth along the rail. He was tucked in behind the front-running favourite Romani Ite Domum, who appeared to be travelling well coming up to the home turn. But Refusetobeenglish came across heels and loomed on the outside of that rival with 200m remaining, and when Melham pushed the button, Refusetobeeenglish changed gears and sprinted past the favourite. He opened up an emphatic winning margin of three and a half lengths. “He’s a promising horse,” Melham said. “He obviously had to be that to come here today and perform the way he did against opposition that had race experience. He had trialled well and put the writing on the wall, but he still had to come here and execute on raceday. He did a good job of that today. “We were mindful that he might be a bit tardily away, but the small field helped and he was able to gather himself. He had a sweet run and it was never really in doubt.” Refusetobeenglish was offered by Lilywhites Lodge on the first day of the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka on November 22 of last year. He was bought by Harbour Racing for $120,000. The Churchill gelding’s one-start, one-win career has already earned $82,500 for owners Glenstar Bloodstock. “He’s a very good gelding,” McDonald said. “Shane McGrath bought him 12 months ago at the Ready To Run Sale, and the first time we galloped him, there was something there. “We have a pretty good idea at the moment, because we have some good three-year-olds that we’re producing, and he’s up there with them. He’s an exciting horse. “He’s a proper horse. He does everything right. He’s got great mannerisms and he came here today like he had been here 100 times before. “You only had to see him in the run, he didn’t want to overdo it and when Benny gave him a click, he was able to respond. He’s got all the attributes to be a good horse and hopefully he will get there.” Horse racing news View the full article

In-form Red Centre apprentice Dakota Gillett was once again in the spotlight during the Alice Springs Turf Club’s meeting at Pioneer Park on Saturday. Alice Springs apprentice Dakota Gillett continued her good form with a winning treble at Pioneer Park on Saturday. That followed a winning double when last the Alice Springs Turf Club raced on November 9. For the 19-year-old, it was her third career treble after achieving the feat on Pioneer Sprint Day in April and on Tennant Creek Cup Day in May. Gillett, who also rode a winning double in the Red Centre on October 12, and Stan Tsaikos now sit one win behind Paul Denton in the Alice Springs and Provincial jockeys’ premiership with eight wins each for the season. Denton made it nine wins after guiding Kerry Petrick’s Starton to victory on Saturday. The teenager has bounced back after serving a long suspension in September when riding for Darwin trainer Phil Cole during Queensland’s Simpson Desert Racing Carnival. It was at Betoota on August 31 where she fronted stewards for excessive whip use prior to the 100m in two races. Although permitted to ride at the Birdsville meetings on September 6-7, Gillett then had to cool her heels until September 30. The Alice Springs and Provincial premiership’s leading apprentice for the past two years won the last three races on Saturday. Paul Gardner’s Get Out Mick – starting at $14 with BlondeBet – was 10 lengths off the pace in ninth place passing the 500m in a BM54 before rocketing home to win by two lengths over 1100m. Get Out Mick was a long last two weeks ago for former trainer Yannick Valenti, based in Derby (WA), until he rattled home over the final 600m to salute by 1.5 lengths over 1200m in Class 2 company with Wangaratta apprentice Jessica Booth in the saddle. Partnering $11 hope Kangaroo Court in open company over 1400m for her father Terry Gillett, Dakota was second behind runaway leader Hurn Court before pouncing at the 200m to seal victory by two lengths. The Gilletts combined again when $1.95 favourite Valley Prince, who shared the early lead, hit the front at the 400m before hanging on to win by a neck over 1600m at 0-64 level. Horse racing news View the full article

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As consolation prizes go, the $600,000 Clark Stakes (G2) still presents a sizable financial opportunity for Rattle N Roll.View the full article

Kehoe Beach, a potential star on the rise from the Wesley Ward barn, faces a seasoned group of 3-year-old fillies in the Nov. 29 $300,000 Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2T) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Dixiana Farms' Forever After All will make her second trip west in search of graded glory in the Nov. 24 $100,000 Red Carpet Stakes (G3T) at Del Mar. View the full article

Coming out of the chute at Churchill Downs in the GIII Chilukki Stakes, Two Sharp (Twirling Candy–Double Sharp, by Distorted Humor) was on a mission going a mile on the main track–get to the lead. The 3-year-old accomplished that task and went on to take home her first graded stakes. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' at second asking in upstate New York Aug. 2, the filly went off as the 4-5 choice here. Running the field off their feet, Two Sharp made every pole a winning one. As she entered the stretch she pour gasoline on the fire and went on to win by seven lengths over Royal Spa (Violence). The fractions were stiff at :22.86 for the first quarter-mile and :44.86 for the half. The final running time was 1:34.40, which now stands as the second fastest clocking of the race. The top time is held by none other than Chilukki (Cherokee Run) herself. Lifetime Record: 5-3-2-0. Sales History: $925,000 '22 KEESEP. O-Rigney Racing, LLC; B-Woods Edge Farm, LLC; T-Philip Bauer. Two Sharp and @JuniorandKellyA go gate-to-wire in the G3 Chilukki Stakes! pic.twitter.com/VWRgL7TwBe — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) November 23, 2024 Saturday, Churchill Downs CHILUKKI S.-GIII, $297,500, Churchill Downs, 11-23, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:34.40, ft. 1–TWO SHARP, 118, f, 3, by Twirling Candy 1st Dam: Double Sharp, by Distorted Humor 2nd Dam: Bsharpsonata, by Pulpit 3rd Dam: Apasionata Sonata, by Affirmed 'TDN Rising Star' 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($925,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Rigney Racing LLC; B-Woods Edge Farm LLC (KY); T-Philip A Bauer; J-Junior Alvarado. $180,350. Lifetime Record: 5-3-2-0, $366,698. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Royal Spa, 121, f, 4, Violence–Bodacious Babe, by Mineshaft. 1ST GRADED BLACK-TYPE. O-Breffni Farm; B-Breffni Farm (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. $58,500. 3–Taxed, 121, f, 4, Collected–Yankee Union, by Yankee Gentleman. ($27,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $105,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). O-Richard Bahde; B-Brereton C Jones (KY); T-Randy L Morse. $29,250. Margins: 5 3/4, 2 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.97, 8.45, 8.09. Also Ran: Oeuvre, Positano Sunset, Pigalle, Fancy, Imonra. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ Two Sharp Is Too Fast In Chilukki Stakes Under Twin Spires appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

2nd-Del Mar, $54,500, Msw, 11-23, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:15.91, ft, 2 1/4 lengths. ROMANESQUE (c, 2, Practical Joke–Mony'slittlegracie, by Alphabet Soup) was the slightly better-fancied half of an uncoupled Bob Baffert-trained entry at 5-2, raced in lockstep with Rodriguez (Authentic) for most of the final half-mile of Saturday's second race at Del Mar and finally gained the upper hand inside the final 100 yards to graduate at first asking. Off perhaps a half-step slowly from the inside gate while Rodriguez clearly won the break, the $60,000 Keeneland November weanling turned $435,000 Keeneland September yearling was ridden along by Juan Hernandez and made up ground at the fence to be more or less on even terms as they approached the entrance to the turn. The duo put a handful of lengths on their rivals nearing the stretch and eyeballed one another past the eighth pole, but the Pennsylvania-bred Romanesque did the better of the two at the fence to prevail by 2 1/4 lengths. Breeder Elizabeth Barr purchased the winner's dam, a full-sister to Wonder Where Stakes heroine Hot Talent, for $12,000 in foal to Goldencents at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale. She elected to retain the mare with this colt in utero when bidding stalled out at $34,000 at KEENOV the following fall and sold her on for $1,500 in foal to Echo Town at KEENOV in 2022. Mony'slittlegracie is the dam of the yearling filly Dakota's Lil Auror, the weanling filly Grace On Tap (Magic On Tap) and is due to Verifying for 2025. Sales history: $60,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $435,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E Masterson, Tom J Ryan, Waves Edge Capital LLC & Catherine Donovan; B-Elizabeth B Barr (PA); T-Bob Baffert. The two Bob Baffert trained debuting 2-year-olds battled the whole stretch until #1 ROMANESQUE ($7) pulled away from #6 Rodriguez to win race 2 at Del Mar. The son of Practical Joke was ridden by @JJHernandezS19. Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/FIek8TjugN — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 23, 2024 The post Practical Joke Colt Romanesque Leads Baffert 1-2 at Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Mike Love Richmond Park trainer Robert Stuart heads to Banks Peninsula today with a strong chance of success with maiden pacer Amalfi. Sam Ottley will reunite with him in Race 2, the NZMTC Supports Grass Racing Mobile Pace. The four-year-old Sweet Lou gelding was huge in his fresh up run at Rangiora on November 8 where he sat parked the trip and only went down a short margin. Stuart believes the gelding will be ready to run another strong race. “He seems as good as was three weeks ago. I expect him to go well,” said Stuart. Amalfi will still need to do some work in the race today as he has drawn the outside of the front line, but that does not deter Stuart. “He had about ten starts last prep but was never right. So he seems like a different horse this time in.” Stuart will also line up a debutant three year old Art Major filly Art’s Mischief in Race 3, the Happy Birthday Kirsten Bridge. After spending her earlier years with Jim Curtin, Art’s Mischief had the reset button pushed by Stuart. “I turned her out when i got her.” “She’s maturing nicely. She’ll be a nice horse in six months time.” Today’s affair will be a learning curve for both trainer and driver. “She will just need the run and experience” “She goes alright, but we aren’t expecting too much at this stage.” She will also be driven by Sam Ottley. Today’s 11-race card starts at 12.18pm. View the full article

1/ST Racing's Aidan Butler took the opportunity to address a much larger issue during the Nov. 21 CHRB meeting. He said racing in California is heading toward disaster if Santa Anita and Northern California continue to have overlapping meets.View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest on the Japan Cup undercard Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse: Sunday, November 24, 2024 6th-TOK, ¥13,720,000 ($89k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT RHINO (JPN) (c, 2, Into Mischief–Princess Noor, by Not This Time) is the first foal for his dam, the $1.35-million topper at the 2020 OBS April Sale and subsequent 'TDN Rising Star' who posted her most important victory in that year's GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes for Zedan Racing and Bob Baffert. Katsumi Yoshida paid $2.9 million for Princess Noor at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale with this colt in utero, while her dam–Sheza Smoke Show (Wilko)–fetched $1 million in foal to Tapit at the same event in 2022. That in-utero produce, a colt, was hammered down for $900,000 to Repole/Grandview Equine at Keeneland September this fall. B-Northern Farm 5th-TOK, ¥13,720,000 ($89k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600m REALIZE CAMION (JPN) (c, 2, American Pharoah–Spiced Perfection, by Smiling Tiger) looks to give his sire a second Japanese debut winner in as many days with Ryan Moore at the controls, who guided Luxor Cafe to a win in the Saturday opener at headquarters. Winner of the 2018 GI La Brea Stakes and the GI Madison Stakes the following season, Spiced Perfection was led out unsold on a bid of $1.35 million at Keeneland November in 2019. She made the final start of her career in the colors of Haruya Yoshida in the 2020 GIII Winning Color Stakes, was bred the following spring and produced this colt in February 2022. Realize Carmion was sold on for the equivalent of $1,195,525 at the 2023 JRHA Select Yearling Sale. B-Oiwake Farm The post First Foal From ‘Rising Star’ Princess Noor Debuts at Tokyo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

7th-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 3:55 p.m. The half-sister to Eclipse winner and GI Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief), PRETTY SASSY (Medaglia d'Oro) debuts as a homebred for Godolphin Sunday. The third foal out of GI Spinaway Stakes winner Pretty City Dancer, who sold to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for $3,500,000 at FTKNOV in 2018 and is a half to GISW Lear's Princess (Lear Fan), Pretty Sassy gets jockey Tyler Gaffalione aboard for trainer Brendan Walsh. Lined up just inside of that runner is Brown Sugar (Twirling Candy), a $400,000 OBS 2-year-old buy for Resolute Racing who is a full-sister to GI Preakness Stakes winner Rombauer. First dam Cashmere, who RNA'd for $1.1m at FKTNOV in 2022, has also produced SP Cono (Lucky Pulpit) and sports a six-for-six strike rate for runners to winners. TJCIS PPS 5th-FG, 58K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 3:45 p.m. A pair of homebreds for Gary and Mary West line up side by side led by Hot Property (Medaglia d'Oro), a daughter of Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Milwaukee Appeal. The dam has already produced MGSW Actress (Tapit) who in turn is responsible for MGSW Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) and 'TDN Rising Star' Flashy Dancer (Curlin). Stablemate Private Show (Street Sense) is the first foal out of Fashion Babe, a daughter of GISP Keep the Peace and a half to the dam of SW/MGSP Our Super Freak (Mineshaft). TJCIS PPS 1st-AQU, 90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 12:10 p.m. Juddmonte homebred Long Wave (Constitution) is a half to Longines World's Best Racehorse leader and G1 Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup hero Laurel River (Into Mischief). The dam is a full-sister to MGISW Emollient who produced three stakes runner by Frankel (GB) and a further MGSP runner by War Front in her own broodmare career. The family also includes SW/MGISP Hofburg (Tapit) and SW/GSP Courtier (Pioneerof the Nile). TJCIS PPS 1st-GP, 65K, Msw, 2yo, 1m 70yds (AWT), 12:20 p.m. Lomax (Curlin) is a Florida-bred half-brother to MGISW and sire Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) out of $2.3m FTKNOV broodmare Song of Bernadette who has also produced the dam of GSP 'TDN Rising Star' Virgin Colada (More Than Ready). Breeder Bridlewood Farm (who made that final $2.3m bid) owns Lomax in partnership with Eclipse Thoroughbreds. TJCIS PPS The post Sunday Insights: Prolific Pedigrees On Display Nationwide appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Favoured at 90 cents on the dollar, Eri King (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) ran to the money, winning the G3 Radio Nikkei Hai Kyoto Nisai Stakes at Kyoto on Saturday by 1 1/4 lengths over the closing Giovanni (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}). Claudiai (Jpn) (Saturnalia {Jpn}) was third, another length behind. Breaking widest of all in stall eight, the near-black colt soon found himself punching the breeze out by his lonesome in a tracking fifth as Water Clark (Jpn) (Water Build {Jpn}) showed the way into the right-handed bend. The pace was steady with a quarter-mile split of :24.70 and a half-mile in :49.40. Kept on cruise control by Yuga Kawada, Eri King began to make up ground through 1000 metres in 1:01.90. Water Clark's advantage shrank as noses pointed for home, and Kawada appeared to be sitting on go with Eri King. Given a shake of the reins, he went into overdrive in pursuit of the pacesetter and Sarakosth (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), who had stalked in second the hole way. In charge by the 100-metre mark, Eri King survived the rallying effort of Giovanni for the victory. The colt won a Kyoto newcomers' contest over 1800 metres of yielding ground in June with Sarakosth second, before making it two in a row at Chukyo over this trip on Sept. 21. In the latter start, he defeated Giovanni. Pedigree Notes Fresh off the news that Kizuna will stand for ¥20,000,000 at Shadai Stallion Station next year, Saturday's winner became his 36th overall stakes winner and 24th group winner. In 2024 alone, the son of Deep Impact (Jpn)'s progeny have bolted up in 21 stakes, with Justin Milano (Jpn) winning the G1 Satsuki Sho in the spring. Also on Saturday, Kizuna colt Natural Rise (Jpn) threw his hat in the ring on Japan's Road to the Kentucky Derby when he won the Cattleya Stakes (allowance). An A$1,400,000 Inglis Chairmans Sale purchase by Katsumi Yoshida in 2020 before beginning her broodmare career in Japan, G1 Queensland Oaks heroine Youngstar has a weanling filly by Contrail (Jpn) as her second foal, with Eri King her first. Youngstar is a half-sister to G1 Flight Stakes scorer Funstar (Aus) (Adelaide {Ire}), while her Galileo (Ire) half-sister Baggy Green (Aus) is the dam of four stakes winners including top-level winners Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}) and No Compromise (NZ) (Pins {Aus}). Third dam was the outstanding racemare User Friendly (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}), a winner of the G1 St Leger, G1 Irish Oaks, G1 Oaks, G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and G1 Yorkshire Oaks. She was also second in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Saturday, Kyoto, Japan RADIO NIKKEI HAI KYOTO NISAI STAKES-G3, ¥63,020,000, Kyoto, 11-23, 2yo, 2000mT, 2:00.90, fm. 1–ERI KING (JPN), 123, c, 2, Kizuna (Jpn) 1st Dam: Youngstar (Aus) (G1SW-Aus, $766,777), by High Chaparral(Ire) 2nd Dam: Starspangled (Ire), by Danehill 3rd Dam: User Friendly (GB), by Slip Anchor (GB) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (¥210,000,000 Ylg '23 JRHAJUL). O-Susumu Fujita; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Mitsumasa Nakauchida; J-Yuga Kawada; ¥33,294,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, ¥56,620,000. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2–Giovanni (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Epiphaneia (Jpn)–Barefoot Lady (Ire), by Footstepsinthesand (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-KR Japan; B-Taihei Farm (Jpn); ¥13,084,000. 3–Claudiai (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Saturnalia (Jpn)–Mon Coeur (Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-K's Japan; B-Kasamatsu Farm (Jpn); ¥8,342,000. Margins: 1 1/4, 1, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.90, 5.50, 7.70. Also Ran: Water Clark (Jpn), Three Kings (Jpn), Take It All (Jpn), Sarakosth (Jpn), Laurel Orb (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video. The post Kizuna’s Eri King Remains Undefeated In Kyoto appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Making his first start since breaking his maiden impressively over 1700 meters (about a mile and a sixteenth) at Sapporo Racecourse in July, Natural Rise (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) swept widest of all into the long Tokyo straight and held off a late bid from Clay King (Jpn) (Nadal) to take out Saturday's Cattleya Stakes (allowance), the first of four races that comprise the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. Natural Rise picks up 10 Kentucky Derby points for the victory. Sent off the 13-5 second betting favorite behind fellow impressive debut winner Snappy Dresser (Union Rags) at 3-2, Natural Rise was off slowly from gate 12 and wanted to be closer in the run than his rider Takeshi Yokoyama wished, tugging fairly hard for rein while racing in the clear in the journey to the turn. Still hard held on the bend, the colt was given his head and made ominous headway six or seven deep at the top of the lane. Accelerating sharply to lead in hand entering the final 400 meters, Natural Rise opened a bit of a break and was home first in solid time to remain perfect in two tries. Clay King, the distant third choice in the field, raced worse than midfield and inside for most of the opening six furlongs and got home well once clear to beat T O Elvis (Volatile) for the place spot. Snappy Dresser was one of the last away and raced in heavy traffic in upper stretch, but finished powerfully to be fourth. Winner of the 2013 G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) and that year's champion 3-year-old colt, Kizuna raced exclusively on the turf, but is the sire of G2 Godolphin Mile winner Bathrat Leon (Jpn), Teleos Bell (Jpn), a two-time listed winner on dirt, and Alice Verite (Jpn), who was a respectable fourth behind Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the Nov. 2 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. Kizuna's half-brother Sunday Break (Jpn) (Forty Niner) won the 2002 GII Peter Pan Stakes and was third in that year's GI Wood Memorial Stakes and GI Belmont Stakes for trainer Neil Drysdale. Natural Rise is the first winner from his dam, who was purchased in utero by Narvick International for $285,000 carrying the filly that would become Lady Madonna at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. His SW & GSP third dam Rebridled Dreams (Unbridled's Song) produced MGISW Carpe Diem (Giant's Causeway), MGSW/GISP Farrell (Malibu Moon), GISW J. B.'s Thunder (Harlan's Holiday) and European SW & MGSP Doncaster Rover (War Chant). Lady Madonna has a yearling filly by Henny Hughes and a weanling filly by Le Vent Se Leve (Jpn). Saturday's Results: CATTLEYA STAKES (Alw), ¥30,400,000 ($196,414), Tokyo, 11-23, 2yo, 1600m, 1:36.4, gd. 1–NATURAL RISE (JPN), 123, c, 2, Kizuna (Jpn)–Lady Madonna (Jpn), by Distorted Humor. (¥33,000,000 Wlg '22 JRHAJUL). O-Hiroyuki Yoshioka; B-Grand Stud; T-Keizo Ito; J-Takeshi Yokoyama; ¥16,000,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $148,141. 2–Clay King (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Nadal–Queen Amaranthus (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Tenei Horse Park Ltd; T-Eiji Nakadate; J-Christophe Lemaire; ¥6,400,000. 3–T O Elvis, 123, c, 2, Volatile–Stopshoppingdebbie, by Curlin. O-Tomoya Ozasa; B-Jeff & Melissa Prunzik (KY); T-Daisuke Takayanagi; J-Katsuma Sameshima; ¥4,000,000. Margins: 3/4, 1 3/4, 2. Odds: 2.60, 5.20, 15.20. The post Kizuna Colt Lands First Blow On Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Goffs chief Henry Beeby has lauded a memorable November Breeding Stock Sale that saw Godolphin pay €1 million for a Sea The Stars (Ire) colt in the foal session and Alex Elliott go to €725,000 for Shamardal mare Her Honour (Ire) in what proved to be an eventful Saturday at Kildare Paddocks. The curtain came down on the Breeding Stock Sale on Sunday, where the Kevin Prednergast-trained Profit Refused (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}) led the way at €45,000 to Rochestown Lodge Stud. Gouache (Ger), the dam of Goliath (Ger), who was a €5 million buyback on Saturday, remains unsold but that high-profile disappointment couldn't detract from what was overall strong trade at Goffs, especially in the foal department. Beeby commented, “What a week. Goffs November 24 will be remembered in many ways but mostly for the frenetic, electric and superb trade for the cream of the Irish foal crop we presented in our Foal Sale. “As ever we are supremely grateful to every vendor for the ongoing trust that is placed in us with each entry. It gives us enormous pleasure to see so many being well rewarded, and we are excited to learn that several of the best foals are already pencilled in for the Orby Sale next year. That is a key point for us as we strive to provide a top of the market option for Irish breeders and vendors of yearlings. We have demonstrated time and again, and in so many different categories, that Goffs is the measure of any entity when we have the horses but, as we say so often, we're nothing without the horses. So, the commitment of several big pinhookers to return to Orby is significant and we are pleased that our long-standing Customer Loyalty Scheme is helpful in this respect.” He added, “Our Breeding Stock Sale was never going to come anywhere near last year's truly historic sale which, of course, was headlined by the once in a generation Niarchos Draft. However, leaving that aside we are perfectly content with trade for the better mares we offered and enjoyed a vibrant trade fuelled by a truly international buying bench. “Naturally we were disappointed not to secure a sale for Gouache, the dam of Goliath, but I repeat that we have total respect for the right of any vendor to value their stock as they see fit, and it is absolutely their prerogative to place whatever reserve they want and then let the market decide. On this occasion a sale was not possible although we will continue to work for the vendor, and it may be that a private sale is agreed in the coming days. Indeed, our work does not stop when the gavel falls as was clearly shown with yesterday's top lot, Her Honour as we quickly brokered a deal between vendor and the ultimate buyer at a price that suited both parties despite her not selling in the ring.” Concentrating solely on Sunday, Beeby acknowledged that a 79% clearance rate, €445,500 turnover, €7,816 average and €5,000 median was a “sobering” experience. He concluded, “Today was obviously a rather sobering end to a big week but, as throughout the sale, those that appealed were hard enough to buy and we will only redouble our efforts to persuade more to support the sale. This business can be brutal on occasions, but Irish breeders may rest assured that Goffs will not rest in our efforts to provide a vibrant global marketplace for them. That is what we live to do and what we love to do.” Given last year's sale featured the anomaly of the Niarchos dispersal, which saw Alpha Centauri and Alpine Star make €6 million apiece, Goffs released comparative figures omitting the Niarchos horses for the November Sale. The breeding stock section of the November Sale featured 126 more horses in 2023. And that's not including the Niarchos horses. On that metric, the turnover was down by 19% to €11,295,000, the average climbed 6% to €51,341 while the median rested at €725,000. Meanwhile, taking the entire November Sale as a whole and excluding the Niarchos draft again, the clearance rate was up by just 1% to 77%. Meanwhile, the turnover climbed 10% to €43,935,000, the average by 24% to €43,365 and the median by 23% to €27,000. The post “What A Week” – Beeby Lauds Memorable Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars SOARING BRONCO - R6 (12) Has raced without luck recently and can deliver here with Purton on board Jay Rooney SOARING BRONCO - R6 (12) Had plenty of excuses last time out but looks to get his chance today Jack Dawling FIRST LOVE - R8 (11) Penultimate start suggests there is more to come from this four-year-old Phillip Woo NEW FUTURE FOLKS - R3 (2) Has run well and looks ready to salute after a soft trial win in blinkers Shannon (Vincent Wong) SAVVY BRILLIANT - R9 (2) Scored well over this C&D last start and can repeat the dose Racing Post Online SOARING BRONCO - R6 (12) Had no clear run in the home straight last start and Purton takes the reins Tom Wood VOYAGE SAMURAI - R7 (12) In great form and should get the perfect run behind the speedView the full article

It was perhaps the decision of a lifetime for Judy Hicks when she famously went up to Kenny McPeek after he purchased Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) and asked if she could stay in for a small piece of the filly she bred. Just a year later, while still awaiting Thorpedo Anna's debut, Hicks went and made another similar arrangement. Hicks sold Thorpedo Anna's half-brother for $40,000–coincidentally the same price that 'Anna' had sold for–at the 2023 Keeneland September Sale. Afterwards, she approached Jake Ballis of Black Type Thoroughbreds and asked if she could retain a piece of the colt. Ballis agreed and the partnership that also included Swinbank Stables and Campeche Stables even let Hicks name the colt. She decided to call him McAfee, like the computer software program, as a nod to the colt's sire Cloud Computing. Hicks said that as a foal, McAfee was completely different from Thorpedo Anna. McAfee as a foal at Brookstown Farm | courtesy Judy Hicks “He was a great big colt,” Hicks explained. “He was almost solid black and was really gorgeous.” Sent to Rick Dutrow, McAfee showed promise from the start and made his debut at Churchill Downs in a six-furlong contest restricted for horses that sold or RNA'd for $50,000 or less on Nov. 1, just a day before Thorpedo Anna was scheduled to cap off a brilliant season in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. Tuning in from Del Mar, Hicks watched as McAfee sat off the pace, then shifted out going around the turn and picked off rivals in the stretch to win by over three lengths. “You should have heard the screaming from all my friends,” Hicks recalled with a laugh. “All the Thorpedo Anna people were going, 'Oh my God, her half-brother just broke his maiden.' It was amazing.” After putting in a bullet work going four furlongs in :46.80 on Nov. 18, McAfee will make his second start this weekend at Churchill Downs. The juvenile drew the inside post in Race 1, a one-mile $50,000 starter allowance on Sunday, Nov. 24. Hicks reported that if all goes well, the plan may be to send the colt to New York for a shot on the Kentucky Derby trail. A lot has to go right, but Hicks can't help daydreaming about making another trip to Churchill Downs on the first weekend in May. “The 'what if's' are crazy,” she said. Hicks also has a lot to look forward to in 2025 at Brookstown Farm, where Thorpedo Anna and McAfee were both foaled and raised (see video below). Their dam Sataves (Uncle Mo) is in foal to Gun Runner and is due in the middle of April. Hicks noted that she will be bred back to Curlin. Sataves's first foal Charlee O (Tourist) is expecting her first foal by Bolt d'Oro in March and she will then be bred to Good Magic. Sataves's most recent foal, a filly by Known Agenda, is also showing promise. “The weanling this year is absolutely stunning,” said Hicks. “I sent Kenny her picture and he said, 'Wow, she's got Anna's hind leg.' I told him that he had suggested that I sell her in September. He goes, 'Oh no, we're going to race that one.' So I really would love to run her. Not that I'll have another Anna, but who knows.” Hicks knows that she will likely never have another filly like Thorpedo Anna, a top contender for 2024 Horse of the Year who took her ownership group that also includes Brookdale Racing, Mark Edwards and Magdalena Racing on an unforgettable journey this year from the GI Kentucky Oaks and two Grade I wins in Saratoga to a hard-fought victory in the GI Cotillion Stakes and a decisive score at the Breeders' Cup. “It's almost like it's routine,” Hicks admitted. “I told Kenny, 'When she's gone from our lives, there's going to be such a huge void.' I mean, it's almost like it's expected.” Thorpedo Anna at Magdalena Farm, which now offers tours through Visit Horse Country | Grace Clark-Sweet But for all of those trips to the winner's circle this year, Hicks said it was her gutsy runner-up performance against Fierceness (City of Light) in the GI Travers Stakes that she will remember most. “Just the anxiety and the thrill of the Travers, where everyone was rooting for her, that was a pretty incredible feeling,” Hicks said. Another favorite memory from Hicks's time in Saratoga was when she stopped in at Spring Street Deli, a Saratoga staple, and learned that a sandwich there had been named the Thorpedo Anna Sammie. Thorpedo Anna is currently enjoying a layoff at Kenny McPeek's Magdalena Farm and Hicks reported that the superstar filly is soaking in her time there. “She has a buddy named Cooper,” Hicks said. “She follows him around in the paddock like a puppy and then she puts her head down and grazes.” After her break, Thorpedo Anna will return to Fair Grounds and McPeek has laid out plans for a potential start in the GI Apple Blossom on April 12 at Oaklawn Park. Hicks is counting down the days. “I'm very proud and I'm kind of humbled by it,” she admitted. “I drive past the field where her mom is every day.” The post Thorpedo Anna’s Brother McAfee Looks to Win Two Straight for Hicks and Partners appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

How did we get hooked on this sport? We all have stories about how our love affair developed and blossomed. The TDN will be reaching out to numerous notable people in the industry to get their stories to find out how they got hooked and stayed hooked on the sport. Jessica Paquette, Parx announcer I grew up a horse-crazy kid and we didn't have much money so horses were a world away. I consumed every bit of horse related media I could and these were the early days of the internet–I found kids with a shared interest on AOL message boards. Fast forward to the 1999 Breeders' Cup at Gulfstream Park. I was there because of the generosity and vision of Kids to the Cup. As luck would have it, my favorite horse, Blazing Sword, was running on the undercard. I stood in the Gulfstream grandstand in awe of everything around me and knew then, at 14, I never wanted to do anything else. Kids to the Cup changed the course of my life and those of so many other young racing fans forever. Caroline Wilson | Jon Siegel photo Caroline Wilson, SF Bloodstock I grew up in a suburb of Dublin called Clontarf and didn't have any connection to racing, but my cousin Sarah was an eventer and a show jumper. She was a little older than I was so I kind of looked up to her. As a young kid, I got into riding lessons and then got into the eventing and show jumping world. I never had a horse of my own but I would do barn tours to ride other people's horses. I used to spend my summers in a place in Tipperary called Crossogue Stud which was owned by Mark Molloy. He had national hunt race horses there. I used to bug him to let me ride out on them in the mornings. I would do that on school holidays. My first trip to Kentucky was in 2010 to work for Coolmore at Ashford Stud. That was the very first time I touched a foal. It kind of kicked off from there. When I left Ashford, I was on track to get into research. That was my area of passion at the time. I was involved with the beginnings and development of the Equilume light mask. I did a research Master's around that. It's a light mask that mares or any horse can wear outside in their natural herd environment. I did a beta trial at Castleton Lyons. I was planning on getting my Ph.D. After one year at Castleton, I knew this was for me. I was living in Kentucky and enjoyed being a part of everything. So I applied for the Godolphin Flying Start program. I consider that to be my turning point. Clontarf is on the north side of the city. I could walk into city center from my house and it is right on the sea, so there weren't many horses there. Now, I absolutely love what I do. With the team I get to work with I am challenged every day and I get to be involved in the breeding side and the stallions through SF Bloodstock and I also get to be involved in our racing stable. We've had great success this year with Citizen Bull and Moira. I get to work the sales with Donato Lanni and Bob Baffert. I feel like I am in a very fortunate position. I'm one of two children. My brother is four years younger than me and he's a classical guitarist. My dad often says to me that it's amazing that both of us have gone on to have careers in our areas of passion. To share your own story of how you got hooked on racing, email suefinley@thetdn.com The post Hooked on Racing: Jessica Paquette and Caroline Wilson appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As poster boys and girls go, the Group 1-winning three-year-olds Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) aren't too bad at all. It's a truism that plenty of top-flight winners in Europe are owned by their breeders, but it also the case that all breeders have to sell some of their young stock, and plenty of hard graft at the foal sales can unearth a good one. The Classic winner You Got To Me returns to the December Mares Sale next week in the draft of her co-owner Newsells Park Stud for what will be her third visit to Tattersalls. Her debut appearance came when she was offered as a foal by the National Stud and was bought for 62,000gns by BBA Ireland. Returned the following autumn to Book 1 by Glenvale Stud, a decent pinhooking profit was secured when she was snapped up by Alex Elliott for Valmont for 200,000gns. But that's only the beginning of her story. A winner on debut at two, she turned heads this spring when winning the Lingfield Oaks Trial and was then fourth in the Oaks before winning the Irish Oaks. Her price next week will almost certainly have an extra zero on the end. In hindsight, Economics, too, now looks to have been a bargain foal purchase from Baroda Stud by Adrian and Philippa O'Brien of Hazelwood Bloodstock. He also turned a profit as a yearling when sold for 160,000gns at Book 2 to Highclere Agency on behalf of owner Shaikh Isa Salman Al Khalifa, and he has been one of the most talked-about horses of all season, winning the G1 Irish Champion and G2 Dante Stakes. It has been a funny old sales season, hasn't it? We started the yearling sales in a rather cautious manner, and a number of the earlier sales did not perform as well as they had done in previous years. But that whimper had turned into an uproarious bang by the time the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale came around, doubtless emboldening the foal buyers to go once more unto the breach. They're a pretty bold crowd anyway, and over in Ireland at Goffs the trade had an extra crackle to it, with significant gains across the board. What's in Store? So what can be expected at Park Paddocks, where just over 1,000 foals have been catalogued? The four days of foal action begin on Tuesday – after the traditional final session of Monday yearlings – and continue on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with a 'dark day' for extra inspection time for the later foals on Thursday. Facteur Cheval (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}) is another Tattersalls foal graduate and a half-sister to the G1 Dubai Turf winner features among a septet of weanlings by Wootton Bassett (GB), whose trajectory continues on an upward curve. The filly (lot 908) is offered by her breeder McCracken Farms and it's not just the admirable Facteur Cheval on the page to recommend her as this is a family which also contains the Group 1 winners Tamayuz (GB), Eshaada (GB) and Santiago (Ire). Shadwell have done well with this family for several generations and beyond their involvement it traces back to Allez Les Trois and Allegretta (GB). McCracken Farms also did well to buy the dam of this filly, Jawlaat (Ire) (Shamardal) from Shadwell for 18,000gns – a sound investment which should again be rewarded at Tattersalls, for this is a filly who would sit well, eventually, in any broodmare band. Back in 2020, the weanling who would become known as Chaldean (GB) had to play third fiddle to two colts by Dubawi (Ire) who came ahead of him on the leader board. The son of Frankel (GB), bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud, was bought by Juddmonte for 550,000gs, went on to win the 2,000 Guineas, retired to stand alongside his own storied sire at Banstead Manor Stud. He now has mares being sold carrying his first crop of foals. Chaldean's dam Suelita (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) has become something of a bloodstock cause celebre, with the success of her offspring on the track (five black-type performers and counting from her seven winners) driving up the prices in the sales ring. Two years after Chaldean's appearance at the foal sale, his half-sister Kassaya (GB) (Kingman {GB}) topped the sale at 1,000,000gns, again bought by Juddmonte. On Friday, Chaldean's full-sister will be offered with no little fanfare. Ed Harper has proclaimed that she is “probably the best foal we'll ever produce at Whitsbury.” We can see where this is going, right? If you want to see Tattersalls at its theatrical best, make sure you're in what will definitely be a packed ring for when lot 945 goes through on Friday. Along with this filly, Whitsbury Manor, traditionally one of the largest foal vendors, has another 23 to offer, a good many of whom are by the farm's young stallions Havana Grey (GB) and Sergei Prokofiev. Suelita's filly is far from the only Frankel of note in the sale. He too has seven weanlings to represent him, among them the second foals of Breeders' Cup winners Audarya (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead), both of whom started their broodmare careers by visiting Dubawi (Ire). The colt out of Audarya, who also won the G1 Prix Jean Romanet for Alison Swinburn, is consigned for the breeder by Swinburn's in-laws at Genesis Green Stud as lot 936. Genesis Green enjoyed a particularly good foal sale in 2021 when topping Tattersalls with a 1,800,000gns colt by Dubawi. The colt from Glass Slippers, the pride of Terry and Margaret Holdcroft's Bearstone Stud, is lot 927. There's a bumper entry of 39 foals by the aforementioned Havana Grey, himself a graduate of this sale back in 2015 when sold by his co-breeder Mickley Stud for 42,000gns. But if you think that's a lot, his stud-mate Sergei Prokofiev, currently co-top of the first-season sires' table with Mohaather (GB) on 19 winners, had 65 catalogued, though 12 of those are already withdrawn. Even that pales into insignificance compared to the group of 80 foals consigned through Barton Stud – 67 after withdrawals – which is by far the largest draft in the book and includes a filly by New Bay (GB) out of the Grade III winner Angel Terrace (Ghostzapper) from the family of top stayer Order Of St George (Ire). First-Season Sires There has already been a flurry of interest over the results of the sires who have their first foals on offer this season, with a number of them getting off to a positive start. Baaeed (GB) was out super early when one of his foals was sold at the JRHA Select Sale in Japan back in July for the equivalent of approximately £290,000. Eight more of the first crop of the world's top-rated turf horse of 2022 will come under the hammer at Tattersalls, including lot 902. The filly out of the G3 Prix de Lieurey winner Cloudy Dawn (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is offered by James Wigan, whose West Blagdon Stud draft is regularly one of the highlights of the December Foal Sale. Among those newcomers with foals on offer next week are also Overbury Stud's Caturra (31), Darley's Perfect Power (26) and Naval Crown (six), Ballylinch Stud's Bayside Boy (six), Starfield Stud's Space Traveller (five). We have already had a look at the offering by Stradivarius for the foal sale, and State Of Rest (Ire) is another sire of great interest. A four-time Group 1 winner in four different countries, the son of Starspangledbanner (Aus), who is now at Rathbarry Stud, has already had eight sold Goffs for an average price of €29,125, and there are three more to come at Tattersalls, including lot 858, a filly from his breeder Tinnakill House who is a half-sister to the French listed winner Sotteville (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). One and Done There are some noteworthy sires with just one weanling in the book at Tattersalls, and for many of us outside Germany it will be the first chance to see a foal by the 2021 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Torquator Tasso (Ger). The son of Adlerflug (Ger) was the busiest stallion in Germany in his first season at Gestut Auenquelle, and one member of that crop is catalogued as lot 476. The filly, who hails from the family of another Arc winner, Alpinista (GB), is consigned by Peter and Aline Rodde's Gestut Westerberg. Westerberg is also home to the stallion Destino (Ger), a Group 3-winning son of Soldier Hollow (GB) who was runner-up in the Deutsches Derby. He has one well-bred individual in the sale from Northmore Stud. Offered as lot 1098, he is a three-part-brother to two black-type earners and out of a Monsun (Ger) granddaughter of German champion two-year-old filly Narooma (Ger). Zarak (Fr) and Galiway (GB) need no introduction, and the popular French-based stallions have one each at Tattersalls. Lot 865 is a Zarak colt from the Hascombe & Valiant family of Gold Cup winner Courage Mon Ami (GB) and he is being offered by Voute Sales. The Galiway colt in among the Baroda Stud draft as lot 849. The GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Golden Pal is at Ashford Stud in Kentucky but the son of Uncle Mo is represented by a British-foaled colt in Newmarket from Plantation Stud. Lot 669, from Golden Pal's first crop, is out of the dual winner Lady Clementine (GB) (Churchill {Ire}), herself a daughter of the listed-winning sprinter Wind Fire (Distorted Humor). Havana Grey will ensure that his sire Havana Gold (Ire) will not be forgotten in a hurry and there is just one foal from the late stallion's final crop on offer at Tattersalls. That is lot 1066, a colt who surely needs to be named Battle of Hastings, and is a member of the Souk (GB) dynasty, which features any number of smart performers, including Magic Wand (Ire) and Chicquita (Ire). Camille Pissarro's Half-Sister Heads Yearling Interest This is always an interesting sale to attend and follow, containing as it so often does, a select number of well-bred individuals who, for some minor reason or other have had to miss an engagement in an earlier sale, or their owners have elected to give them a little more time in waiting for this final yearling auction of the year. Let's not forget that this was where Via Sistina (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) made her debut public appearance when sold for 5,000gns. A mere £4.5 million in earnings later, she appears to have made rather a name for herself. This year's sale opens with a Study Of Man (Ire) filly from the further family of Al Bahathri and City Of Troy, and only four lots later comes a Ulysses (Ire) half-brother to the lovely Hamish (GB) (Motivator {GB}), bred by the late Brian Haggas, who died last month at the age of 93, and who cultivated this family of Frog (GB) (Akarad {Fr}) for years. He has been ably assisted in this regard by his trainer son William. (And in fact, Maureen Haggas should be given much of the credit for the success of Hamish as she rides him daily and dotes on him.) A potentially very special offering on Monday is lot 63, the half-sister to recent G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner Camille Pissarro (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). By Dark Angel (Ire), whose exploits as a broodmare sire are of increasing relevance, the April-born filly has another three more black-type-winning half-siblings in the G1 Commonwealth Cup winner and young sire Golden Horde (Ire), who is by Dark Angel's sire Lethal Force (Ire), and Exhort (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) and Line Of Departure (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). Their dam Entreat (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) was bought by James Cloney for 14,000gns at the Tattersalls July Sale when she was carrying Golden Horde, and she was certainly well bought. Camille Pissaro was bought for 1,250,000gns from Book 1 last year, and it would be no surprise to see the Dark Angel filly take top order on Monday. The post Foal Spotlight Switches to Tattersalls After Vibrant Start at Goffs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The super-talented Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) put a troubled 14 months behind him with a powerful all-the-way win in Saturday’s A$500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m). The New Zealand-bred son of Charm Spirit had announced himself as an exciting young talent on the Australian scene with wins in all of his first four starts between March and May of 2023. He was sent out as favourite in the Gr.2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) in his next appearance in September of that year, but was beaten by more than 30 lengths and was found to have suffered atrial fibrillation. After more than six months on the sidelines, Globe returned to racing with a fourth in the Gr.3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield in April in what proved to be his only appearance in that preparation. Another long spell followed before the six-year-old resumed his stop-start career with a fourth in the Gr.3 Moonga Stakes (1400m) on October 19. A last-start second in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1600m) on November 7 showed signs that Globe was creeping closer to his best form, and he was right back on his A-game in Saturday’s Cranbourne feature. In a bold front-running performance in the hands of jockey Ethan Brown, Globe dictated terms in the lead and began to up the ante a long way from the finish. He still had plenty left in the tank to hold his challengers at bay down the home straight, edging out Air Assault (Justify) by a long head with Dashing (Magnus) another length away in third. “In his work the other day, I felt he’d improved since the Chester Manifold,” Brown said. “He proved me right with the way he dealt with things today. It was a hot day, which could have easily brought him undone, but he kept his cool. “We established such a beautiful lead. He pricked his ears. I knew I was on a fit horse, so I wanted to up the tempo a long way out and try and break them, and that’s what happened. He’ll improve again out of this run. I’m confident he’ll get back to where they thought he was heading before he got injured.” Globe has now had nine starts for five wins and a second, earning A$506,250 in stakes. He is trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. “This is fantastic for the owners,” Price said. “We took a big punt on this race. He’s a 17-hand horse trying to get around the tight Cranbourne track, where I have my worst strike rate. “I think bringing him here on Tuesday was a good idea, because he is a high-nervous-energy horse and he did belt out a bit of energy on Tuesday morning. The kid (Brown) did a good job on him. “The horse was in good nervous order. His wheels weren’t fizzing around his head, which they can. I think the more racing he does, the better he’ll be.” Globe is by Charm Spirit out of Bonnie Doon (NZ) (Don Eduardo), who is a full-sister to dual Group One winner Booming (NZ). Globe was purchased at the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 2 Sale from the draft of Cambria Park for $22,000. A trial winner at Taupo in April of 2022 for the late Toby Autridge, Globe was later bought privately for Roll The Dice Racing by bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo. Globe’s Cranbourne Cup heroics capped a big Saturday for Cataldo, who also secured the purchase of impressive Kembla Grange winner I’mintowin (NZ) (Contributer). View the full article